Fiber-based networks benefit Queens business It might just look like a bunch of crazy straws, but it’s the latest craze: fiber optics. “It’s going to be the standard feature,” said James Harrison, a senior business consultant at RCN, an Inter...

104th Precinct Night Out Against CrimeThe 104th Precinct held its annual Night Out Against Crime last week at Mafera Park on Shaler Avenue. Residents from Maspeth, Glendale, Ridgewood and Middle Village enjoyed games, entertainment and...

Residents make up their local tree bedNew York City streets are getting a little prettier thanks to a contest sponsored by Million Trees NYC with the partnership of the Parks Department. The contest encouraged residents to beautify a l...

104th Precinct Police Blotter (7/23/12-7/29/12)Monday, July 23 Gerald Gueverra was arrested at the intersection of St. Felix Avenue and 60th Lane for criminal possession of a weapon by Officer Szpak. Tuesday, July 24 Emmanuel Ramirez was arrest...

Elmhurst Hospital opens new treatment areaIn an effort to ease waiting time and provide more services for a larger number of patients, Elmhurst Hospital celebrated the grand opening of a brand new treatment area. The new 13-bed area will w...

The water beneath usIt started with a request. The Newtown Creek Community Advisory Group meeting last week at LaGuardia College in Long Island City may have started with a group introduction, but it continued with a ...

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Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson emerged on Friday as President-elect Donald Trump's leading candidate for U.S. secretary of state, a senior transition official said. Trump appears to be in the final days of deliberations over his top diplomat with an announcement possible next week. Tillerson's favored status was revealed as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani formally withdrew from consideration for secretary of state.

The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Citing U.S. officials briefed on the matter, the Post said intelligence agencies had identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including the chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, to WikiLeaks. The officials described the individuals as people known to the intelligence community who were part of a wider Russian operation to boost Trump and reduce Clinton's chances of winning the election.